swíðian
to be or become strong, to prevail ⬩ to make firm, to fix
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Ne wæs ðæt tó wundrianne ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne ðá hé mid Drihtne rícsade mid hine swíþode and genge wǽre nec mirandum preces regis illius iam cum Domino regnantis, multum valere apud eum, Bd. 3, 12; 8. 537, ig. to make firm, to fix Suíðigaþ figite
tún-scipe
The inhabitants of a tún
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Gif hé swá ne déð ǽr fíf nihtum, cýþan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 26.
ge-witnes
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Nán óðer þingc on gewitnysse ne cýþe bútan ꝥ án ꝥ hé geseah oþþe gehýrde, 274, 17. Gif mæssepreóst stande on leásre gewitnesse oþþe on mǽnan áðe, 346, 8: 398, 11: 388,23. Ne sæge þú leáse gewitnesse, 44, 20.
leóht
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H. 85, 9. light residing in or emanating from a luminary Þæs blácernes leóht næs gesýne, Vis. Lfc. 55. Se móna mid his blácan leóhte, Bt. 4; F. 6, 35. Se móna hys leóht (lęht, L. ) ne sylð, Mt. 24, 29.
FREMEDE
Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ estranged from ⬩ devoid of ⬩ aliēnus ⬩ peregrīnus ⬩ aliēnātus ⬩ aversus ⬩ remōtus ⬩ expers
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Ne lǽne ðínum bréðer nán þing to híre, ac fremdum menn non fænĕrābĕris fratri tuo ad ūsūram pĕcūniam, sed aliēno. Deut. 23, 20. On lande fremdre in terra aliēna, Ps. Spl. 136, 5. Ne ðú fremedne god gebiddest neque adōrābis deam aliēnum, Ps.
HEL
HELL ⬩ the place of souls after death ⬩ Hades ⬩ the infernal regions ⬩ the place of the wicked after death
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In ðæt háte hof ðam is hel nama into that hot abode whose name is hell, Cd. 217; Th. 276, 24; Sat. 193.
ge-bindan
to bind ⬩ tie up ⬩ lĭgāre ⬩ allĭgāre ⬩ vincīre ⬩ constringĕre ⬩ to deceive ⬩ fallĕre
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to bind, tie up; lĭgāre, allĭgāre, vincīre, constringĕre Hine nān man ne mihte gebindan neque quisquam pŏtĕrat eum lĭgāre, Mk. Bos. 5, 3: 6, 17; Cd. 184; Th. 230, 6; Dan. 229: Salm. Kmbl. 556; Sal. 277.
ge-mittan
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6, 31; Bos. 128, 34. to meet, encounter an enemy Þá gemytlon [þá men] hý of Hereforda and of Gleáweceastre, and him wið gefuhton, Chr. 915; P. 99, 17. (2 a) to meet attack, encounter hostility :-- Hí sǽdon ꝥ hí nǽfre wyrsan handplegan on Angelcynne ne
hyge
Mind ⬩ heart ⬩ soul
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Næs him blíðe hige no cheerful mind was his, 178; Th. 223, 10; Dan. 117.
wanung
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Ðæt náðær ne þǽ ne ús God ne þurfa oncunnan for ðæræ waniungæ on úrum dæge quatinus nec tibi nec nobis Deus debeat imputare hanc imminutionem diebus nostris actam. Chart. Th. 163, 26.
leógan
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Z. 180, 3. of speech. to say what is not true in order to deceive Gif ic Dáuide légu si Dauid mentiar. Ps. Vos. Srt. 88, 36. Ne leóh þú (non loqueris falsum testimonium), Wlfst. 66, 18.
be-fóran
BEFORE ⬩ ante ⬩ coram ⬩ præ ⬩ BEFORE
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Hwá ne wáfaþ ðæs, ðæt ða steorran scínaþ befóran ðam mónan, and ne befóran ðære sunnan who wonders not at this, that the stars shine before the moon, and not before the sun? Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 30. Grammar be-fóran, ACC.
dǽd-bót
An amends-deed, repentance, penitence ⬩ pœnitentia, maleficii compensatio
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Deóplíc dǽdbót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed, that scissors [iron] come not on hair, nor on nail, L. Pen, 10; Th. ii. 280, 17: 3; Th. ii. 278, 8.
fæst-nes
Firmament, firmness, stability, fastness, fortification ⬩ firmāmentum, firmĭtūdo, mūnīmen, propugnācŭlum
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Behealdaþ nú ða wídgilnesse, and ða fæstnesse heofenes behold now the immensity, and the firmness of heaven, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 5. Ymbtrymming oððe fæstnyss mūnīmen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Som. 9, 32
for-swerian
To FORSWEAR ⬩ to swear falsely ⬩ perjure ⬩ ejūrāre ⬩ pējĕrāre
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Ne forswere ðú non perjūrābis, Mt. Bos. 5, 33. Gyf gehádod man forswerige oððe forlicge, gebéte ðæt be ðæm ðe seó dǽd sý if a man in orders swear falsely or fornicate, let him make amends for it according as the deed may be, L. E.
mǽg-bót
The 'bót' paid to the kinsman of a slain man for the slaying of the latter
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If he (the slain man) strove against him that slew him, then let there be no 'bót' to the godfather just as there is no 'wite' to the lord, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 13-20. Ǽgðer ge mǽgbóte ge manbóte fullíce gebéte, L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 360, 7
mǽg-wlite
Appearance ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ species ⬩ forma ⬩ aspectus
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Ne mégulit (mégwlit, Rush.) his geségon neque speciem ejus vidistis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 37. Mégwlite, Rtl. 2, 7. Mégewlit Godes majestatem Dei, 1, 19.
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ge-mǽre
An end, boundary, termination, limit ⬩ finis
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Cýð ðis folc ðæt híg ne gán ofer ða gemǽro tell this people not to cross the bounds, Exod. 19, 21, 12
searu-cræft
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Ðe hé ne beswíce þurh his searucræftas (searo-, searæ-), Wulfst. 97, 8. Uton forfleón mán and morþor and searacræftas, 115, 9.
bletsian
to hallow ⬩ consecrate ⬩ adore ⬩ to benefit ⬩ prosper
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Ah ne bloedsade (bletsadon, R.) ué úsic l ué sæguade úsic, Jn. L. 8, 48. Mid þrým fingrum man sceall sénian and bletsian, Hml. 27, 155. Þæt sum orfcyn sý þe man bletsigan ne sceole, Hml. Th. i. 100, 30.